User talk:Newwinston1

Recent edit to Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Hello. I noticed that you made an edit that introduces what appears as promotional language to the Winston-Salem, North Carolina article. I suggest you reintroduce the material in a nore encyclopedic-like language and following Wikipedia's guidelines for citation (the site was not properly cited). If you have questions, please see the Help Desk page. Thank you! Caballero// Historiador   ☊  16:06, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

New Winston Museum article
Hello. Thanks for your addition of an article. There are some problems with your content I need to run through with you.

First, Wikipedia doesn't host tourist-guide-type content like opening hours that are subject to change. Next, it tries to delete promotional-sounding language like "a fresh, innovative, and dynamic museum". I really recommend removing this asap, because with content like that on the article it could get deleted any second.

A second problem is that the article right now doesn't have any evidence of notability, which means evidence that your museum is important enough to get a Wikipedia article on it. That links to a guide, but basically, you need to add evidence that your museum is notable in the form of citations to news articles and media.

Third, your article copies the description on your website, which is copyrighted. That means it can't be copied onto Wikipedia, because we can't tell if you really have the right to donate that content to us. You need to write a paraphrase, sorry.

As a quick comparison, this is a link to a decent Wikipedia article on a museum. You'll notice it's mostly about the content of the museum and its history, in a factual tone, citing newspapers, books and the museum website.

I do realise that creating Wikipedia articles that match the guidelines is hard. In future I recommend writing the article on your sandbox, and asking someone (say on the Teahouse project) to review it and suggest feedback before you publish it. Please do let me know by writing here if you've got any questions. 17:31, 13 January 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blythwood (talk • contribs)

January 2016
Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 18:56, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of New Winston Museum


A tag has been placed on New Winston Museum requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://newwinston.org/discover/about-the-museum/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website or image but have permission from that owner, see Requesting copyright permission. You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.  DGG ( talk ) 20:00, 13 January 2016 (UTC)